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Houston, Texas, United States

Houston, Texas, United States

Advise on Strategy, Performance Improvement & Optimization in the Downstream/Midstream Energy industry.

Houston, Texas, United States

• Served as the subject matter expert in a high-profile project, overseeing the implementation of an enterprise-centric operating model across Suncor's value chains.
• Led the development of a Backcasting Process framework, leveraging industry best practices. This framework will enable continuous improvement and performance management across the interfaces between Suncor's assets.

Houston, Texas, United States

• Led a team of professionals in delivering impactful competitive intelligence products (e.g. decarbonization strategies, refining and petrochemical asset trends, peer results benchmarks, etc.) to the Strategy and.
• Served as a thought leader, providing expert insights on how the dynamic competitive landscape directly influenced and shaped Shell's strategic agenda.

Houston, Texas Area

• Spearheaded the implementation of a Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process at Shell Mexico.
• Supported the implementation of a risk management program applied to gasoline imports into Mexico.
• Established transfer prices for gas and diesel products, fostering collaboration and ensuring mutually beneficial outcomes between supply and retail.
• Devised and implemented a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) scorecard, enabling clear and concise communication of… Show more
• Devised and implemented a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) scorecard, enabling clear and concise communication of business performance metrics. Show less

Houston, Texas Area

• Oversaw the Profit and Loss (P&L) of the supply team in the East of Rockies.
• Successfully unlocked ~ $3MM/year of enterprise value by leveraging trading expertise to manage retail inventory positions in the EoR.
• Provided leadership, management structure and strategic direction to the negotiations of the supply portfolio in the Mid-Con region in order to maintain ~ $18MM/year of retail margin.
• Achieved $12MM in working capital savings through strategic supply portfolio… Show more
• Achieved $12MM in working capital savings through strategic supply portfolio re-optimization in the US.
• Crafted the business case for divesting logistic assets on the West Coast. Show less

Greater Chicago Area

• Successfully handled the supply of ~ 100 kbbl/d of Jet-fuel to commercial airlines at multiple airports across the US and the Caribbean.
• Performed sales and purchases of Jet-fuel with 3rd parties.
• Managed the relationships with fuel servicing providers, supply logistic companies, and commercial airlines.
• Developed alternative value chains to maintain BP's competitive advantage at SJU airport, and evaluated market entry opportunities at various airports in the… Show more
• Developed alternative value chains to maintain BP's competitive advantage at SJU airport, and evaluated market entry opportunities at various airports in the EoR.
• Realized $2MM through trading of inventory positions across different storage facilities. Show less

London, United Kingdom

• Evaluated the relative value of crude and manufacturing cost of products, effectively influencing commercial decision making for Rotterdam refinery.
• Contributed to generating $450MM of trading performance in 2008-09.
• Successfully influenced Rotterdam Refinery to increase the amount of syn-crude processing, resulting in an additional $5/bbl of refinery margin vs. standard crudes.
• Trained junior refinery planners to become familiar running linear models - LP.

Stanford-le-Hope, United Kingdom

• Managed the front-end loading of the project to replace the catalyst in the reforming and isomerization units ~ $ 4MM

Santa Cruz De Aragua, Venezuela

• Optimized the distillation system of the hydrogen peroxide plant resulting in energy and chemical savings equivalent to 1% of the production cost

Valencia, Venezuela

• Negotiated prices and supply conditions of commodity chemicals on the Venezuelan industrial market (spot and term deals)

Punto Fijo, Venezuela

• Reduced the cost of services after auditing the chemical treatment of boiler feed water, steam and condensate in the FCC unit

Msc, Process Integration - Refinery Design And Operation

Activities and Societies: Tennis player

B.Sc, Chemical Engineering